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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 160

Auburn-lidcombe News Fishing Tragedy Auburn Man Drowned at Brooklyn Two Others Escape

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 3

Tragedy descended on an Auburn party holidaying on the Hawkesbury River when Walter Furneaux, aged 28, of Louisa-street, Auburn, was drowned…

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Landslides in Nth. N.Z. After Heavy Rains Express Train Derailed and Child Drowned in Flood Traffic Chaos Breakdown Gangs Are Working Day and Night Wellington (N.z.), Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

TORRENTIAL rains, states an Auckland message, have seriously dislocated rail traffic on the main North Island trunk…

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Two Miners Buried Under Fall of Coal One Is Killed and the Other Seriously Injured at Bellbird Frantic Efforts to Extricate the Victims Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 7

BURIED under 15 tons of coal in Bellbird Mine to-day, Alister James Bowie, 52, miner, was killed, and John Thompson,…

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School Accidents Dangerous Playground Pitt Row Deputation

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 9

That five accidents had occurred in the playground during his term was stated by the headmaster of Pitt Row Public School (Mr. Eagle), when the…

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NO. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury.) Railway Accident. Brooks v Commissioner for Railways

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 6

The jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £500 in the action by Herbert Brooks against the Commissioner for Railways to recover damages for personal injuries received at…

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Sad Accident Rosebery Lad Killed

South Sydney Sentinel · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred on Botany road, near Bourke Street, Waterloo, on Tuesday night, 14th. March, when Frederick James Sinclair, aged twenty,…

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Drowned in Truck

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 1

MAFFRA, Thursday. -- An inquiry was commenced to-day by the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. H. H. Hussey, J.P.) into the death of…

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Casualties. Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 10

The body of Thomas McAviny. 69, of Ha[?]gstreet, Maroubra, an ex-warder at Long Bay Gaol, was found floating in Rushcutter Bay yesterday morning…

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Drowned in Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 8

LISMORE, Thursday.--The body of Mrs. Cecilia Cudbird (42), of Ballina, was found in shallow water in North Creek, near her home, this morning…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 4

While riding a bicycle in a race at Hurstville Oval on Tuesday night William Moir, aged 18 years, of Noble Street, Hurstville, crashed to the ground…

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Woman Drowned. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 10

Mrs. Cecelia Cudbird, aged 42 years, wife of Phillip Cudbird, was found drowned in North Creek at Ballina at daylight this morning, attired in a bathing costume. At 3…

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Mare's Injured Knee

The Land · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 17

"Old Junee": My mare has been injured in the fleshy part of the leg, near the shoulder. The leg was swollen to about three times the size…

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Ex-gaol Warder Drowned Body Floating in Sea

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 7

The body of Thomas McAlviney, 69, a pensioner, who lived on the corner of Haig and Flower streets, Maroubra, was found floating near…

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NO. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and jury.) Pedestrian Injured. Shepherd v Bird

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 6

Alice Shepherd sued Roy Benjamin Bird to recover damages for personal injuries received on November 29, 1932, in Weston-road, Rozelle, where she was knocked down by the…

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Accidents of the Week. Tree Falls on Man

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 4

John Downey, of Warraba Street, Come, was cutting wood at Mill Creek, about four miles from Lugarno on Tuesday afternoon, when he was struck on…

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Railway Accident. Claim for Compensation

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 7

In the No. 1 Jury Causes this Week before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers and a jury; Herbert Brooks, of Kogarah Bay brought an action against the…

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Fatal Blakehurst Accident Motorist Committed for Trial

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 4

The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) on Tuesday committed Ernest Herbert Lockrey for trial on a charge of manslaughter, after an inquest into the…

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Casualties. Boy Injured by Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1933 · page 14

James Coleman, 10, of Snape-street, South Kensington, was knocked down by a motor lorry in Anzac-parade, Kensington, yesterday morning. Eastern Suburbs Ambulance…

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Bridge Fatality Victim Has Not Been Identified

The Sun · Saturday 25 March 1933 · page 7

The police have not yet established the identity of a man who fell from a sidewalk of the Harbor Bridge to the road at Dawes Point last night…

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Crossing Fatality Inquest Concludes Sick Witness Corrects His Depositions

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 March 1933 · page 5

The inquest into the death of Septimus Edward Crawford, who died in Nepean District Hospital on 24th February from injuries…

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